Bilal wrecks HK, easy victory for Oman

ABU DHABI: Medium pacer Bilal Khan wrecked the top order of Hong Kong with 3-18 as Oman romped to a 7-wicket win in the Desert T20 Challenge tournament at the Zayed Cricket Stadium in Abu Dhabi on Monday. The win keeps Oman’s hopes for a semifinal place from Group B after losing their opening match against Netherlands on Sunday. Oman will meet Scotland in their last league match on January 19. Against Hong Kong, Bilal’s spell of 3-18, Khawar Ali 2-12 and Kaleemullah 2-23 helped Oman skittle out the opponents for a paltry 87 in 18.3 overs. In reply, after early set backs Oman raced to the target in 11 overs thanks to a breezy 56 not out from Aqib Ilyas. Hong Kong Nizakat Khan b Bilal Khan     1 Aizaz Khan c Aqib Ilyas b Mohammad Nadeem     19 Babar Hayat lbw Bilal Khan     5 Anshuman Rath c Sultan Ahmed b Bilal Khan     8 Waqas Khan lbw Zeeshan Maqsood     7 Shahid Wasif run out (Sultan Ahmed)     3 Ehsan Khan lbw Kaleemullah     10 C Carter c A Poulose b Khawar Ali     17 Ehsan Nawaz c Sultan Ahmed b Kaleemullah     0 Nadeem Ahmed b Khawar Ali     7 Tanveer Ahmed not out     7 Extras (w 2, lb 1)     3 Total (all out; 18.3 overs)     87 Fall of wickets: 1-3, 2-21, 3-29, 4-37, 5-40, 6-46, 7-56, 8-56, 9-72 Bowling: Bilal Khan 4-0-18-3, Kaleemullah 4-1-23-2, Mohammad Nadeem 3-0-19-1, Zeeshan Maqsood 4-0-14-1, Khawar Ali 3.3-0-12-2 Oman Zeeshan Maqsood c C Carter b Aizaz Khan     15 A Poulose b Nadeem Ahmed     0 Aqib Ilyas not out     56 Khawar Ali c Anshuman Rath b Ehsan Khan     13 Khurram Nawaz not out     5 Total (3 wickets; 11 overs)     89 Fall of wickets: 1-1, 2-31, 3-60 Bowling: Nadeem Ahmed 4-0-29-1, Aizaz Khan 3-0-18-1, Ehsan Nawaz 1-0-11-0, Ehsan Khan 2-0-20-1, Tanveer Ahmed 1-0-11-0